Photograph-gallery appliance.



PATENTED AUG. 9, 1904.

W A. BUNNELL. PHOTOGRAPHIG GALLERY APPLIANCE.

APPLIGATION FILED PEILZ, 1904,

N0 MODEL.

Patented August 9, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER A. BUNNELL, OF DECATUR, TEXAS.

PHOTOGRAPH-GALLERY APPLIANCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,987, dated August9, 1904.

Application filed February 2, 1904. Serial No. 191,699, (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LWALTER A. BUNNELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Decatur, in the county of lVise and State of Texas,

have invented a new and useful Photograph- Gallery Appliance, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention is an appliance for the use of photographers, the objectbeing to provide a device by means of which a photograph and the mountcan be made at one and the same time ready to be pasted to an ordinarycard, thereby avoiding the necessity of employing a special card-mountto paste the photograph on.

At the present time photographers employ card-mounts bearing imprints oftheir name or trade-mark, and as these mounts are eX- pensive it addsconsiderable to the cost of a photograph, and in small photographs,commonly known as penny-pictures, mounts are never employed, becausetheir use would be too expensive. By means of my invention the mount ismade at the same time as the' photograph, and the same effect isproduced as though a separate mount were employed. This object isattained by employing an open frame of a shape to correspond with themount desired, which frame bears the photographers imprint, which may behis name or trade-mark, or the frame may have any other marks or matterarranged thereon; and the invention consists also in the manner ofsupporting said frame and in certain details of construction hereinafterfully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a Viewshowing the practical application of my invention. Fig. 2 is aperspective viewof the device, taken from the rear; and Fig. 3 is a viewshowing frame removed from the rack.

In constructing a device in accordance with my invention I employ a baseor platform A, upon which are mounted the uprights B B, of any desiredheight and connected at their upper ends by means of the top piece C. Arest-piece D is connected to the uprights B, said rest-piece beinggrooved, as shown at D, for the purpose of receiving the bottom edge ofthe open frame E, which is shaped to correspond with the mountdesired-that is, it may be square, oblong, round, or oval, and it may bebroad or narrow, as preferred, and bears the imprint of thephotographer, preferably at the bottom. The person to be photographedstands or sits upon the platform back of the frame, so that the portionof the body to be photographed is exposed through the opening in theframe, and when the photograph is taken the frame, with the imprint, isphotographed also, and when the photograph is finished and pasted uponan ordinary card it has the appearance of a photograph mounted upon aspecial card-mount, as the photograph is surrounded by a mat-likerepresentation which bears the imprint of the photographer. Thisphotograph can be finished for a small sum and which will have the sameappearance as an expensive photograph.

The rest-piece D is preferably adjustable, and an arm-rest F may beattached to the uprights upon the inner side and upon which a person canrest one or both arms in case it is desired to take a photograph of aperson in that position. This arm-rest may also be adjustable. Hooks Grmay be employed to hold the frame to the rack to prevent the framefalling.

It will thus be seen that I provide a cheap, simple, and efiicientphotographers accessory capable of carrying out all of the objectshereinbefore mentioned.

The device is particularly adaptable for use out of doorsfor instance,at picnics and fairs, where a number of people have their photographstaken, the advantage of my improvement at such times being apparent, asit is only necessary for the photographer to focus his camera upon theappliance, and one focusing will do for any number of photographs, andit would not be necessary to focus after each sitting, as is now thecase.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the kind described comprising parallel uprights connectedpermanently adjacent their upper ends, said uprights having a pluralityof perforations formed therenally-grooved rest-piece carried by theuprights, and an open frame adapted to be supported by the rest-piece.

4. A device of the kind described comprising a stand, uprights carriedthereby, an armrest connecting the uprights, an adjustable rest-piececarried by the uprights adjacent the arm-rest, and an open frame adaptedto be supported by the rest-piece, as and for the purpose set forth.

WALTER A. BUNNELL.

Witnesses:

STUART MILLER, ROBERT M00. WALKER.

